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Autonomous

adjective

(of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces. Synonyms: independent, self-governing, sovereign. "A sovereign state"

Existing as an independent entity.

(of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment. Synonyms: self-directed, self-reliant.

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Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region

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"Autonomous" Quotes from Famous Books

... the matter somewhat as follows:—If the form pattern represented by the word books is identical, as far as use is concerned, with that of the word oxen, the pluralizing elements -s and -en cannot have quite so definite, quite so autonomous, a value as we might at first be inclined to suppose. They are plural elements only in so far as plurality is predicated of certain selected concepts. The words books and oxen are therefore a little other than mechanical ...

— Language - An Introduction to the Study of Speech • Edward Sapir

... American representatives and officials in Singapore, Hongkong and Manila, invited the natives of the Philippines to assist the American arms, which they did gladly and loyally, as allies, with the conviction that their personality would be recognized, as well as their political, autonomous ...

— The Philippines: Past and Present (vol. 1 of 2) • Dean C. Worcester

... always the case. No more than a century ago, even by American law, the most sentimental in the world, the husband was the head of the family firm, lordly and autonomous. He had authority over the purse-strings, over the children, and even over his wife. He could enforce his mandates by appropriate punishment, including the corporal. His sovereignty and dignity were carefully guarded by legislation, the product of thousands of years of experience ...

— In Defense of Women • H. L. Mencken

... to be an autonomous state under a general international protectorate or under the protectorate of a Power designated to act as ...

— The Peace Negotiations • Robert Lansing

... next to consider Bishop Gore as a Church Reformer. We have seen that he desires an autonomous Church, which can legislate for itself. The dead hand, which weighs so lightly upon him when it forbids any attempt to revise the formularies of the faith, seems to him intolerably heavy when it obliges the Church to conform to 'the laws, canons, and rubrics of ...

— Outspoken Essays • William Ralph Inge

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